The North Sunflower Academy girls team defeated Humphreys Academy 35-19 last Saturday to take home the district championship. The Indianola Academy boys won their district with a 56-34 win over Lee Academy.

Mississippi lawmakers seem ready to put their money where their potholes are.Two bills, one of which has passed the state Senate already, could mean over $1 billion in infrastructure investment over the next five years.

Physical therapy patients who pass through South Sunflower County Hospital’s therapy wing are seeing results like never before.That is largely due to the fact that the Indianola-based hospital is using new technological advances to help patients, particularly the elderly, maneuver better.

North Sunflower Academy’s Olivia Whatley was awarded the Good Citizenship Award by the Daughters of the American Revolution recently. Pictured from left are Allison Land, Whatley and Katherine Arant. Submitted Photo

An anticipated Christmas shopping spree for area children came later than usual, but the children were still greatly appreciative and were no less thrilled. Usually done during the Christmas holidays, this year’s donation didn’t arrive until January so the students didn’t get to make their purchases until Groundhog Day.

Teach for America is celebrating 25 years on the Mississippi Delta.The organization will commemorate this with a weekend of events, which includes the sixth-annual Mississippi River Marathon on Saturday morning in Greenville.